Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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